Wall-plate for electric fixtures.



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WALL PLATE FOR ELECTRIC FIXTURES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1906.

914,107, I Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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I. BOND. WALL PLATE FOR ELECTRIC FIXTURES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 190B.

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IIG-N'ATIUS BOND-,H-OF EvAiIs'roN, ILLINOIS.

WALL-PLATE FOR nmccrs'rc mxru mis.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Applikiation'flled Mai-6h 9,1908. Seria11o.419',974.'

To all whom it my concern:

, Be it known that I, IGNATIUS Bonn, a citi: zen of the United States,and a resident of Evanston, count'y'of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall-Plates for Electricit em. This I accomplish by the means here- Fixtures, of which thefolIowing is a clear, fulLan'd eXact description.

My invention relates to wall lates forelectrio fixtures, andartioularly' amp-sockets,

switches and the ike, and its obfec't is to provide a wall-plate that ises" ecia 1y adapted for use in conjunction wit electric Wire molding oreven exposed. insulated wire 'to give the same a more fi n ished andcorn lete a pearance than can be obtained wit out inafter fullydescribed, and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:'Figure 1 is aperspe'c tive view of 'my inventionshowing one form of'my improvement. Fig. 2 is a lan View of my inventionwith the electric ture removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section takenondotted line 3, 3,-F-ig. '2 Fig. 4 isa. transverse section taken'ondotted line 4, 4,

' Fig. 2. Fig. 5'is pits-view of amodified form of my: invention. 6 isasimilar view of 'yet another modification. Fig. 7 is a similar view ofanother modification. f, Fig. '8 is a "to edge view of the fer nshown in7. ig. 9 is aplainview of still another .m odificationof rninventionwith the .flxture removed and ig. I0 is an edge view of.

tablished b he same with the nioldi ng and wall in sect o I Referringtothe drawings, A represents a vertically disposed strip of electric wiremoldin' having its lower eiid inserted the vsocket ofmyimproved'wall-plate B, which "two corresponding of which, instea fromthe edges of its central opening preferably, in concave lines, andgracefully merge into "the square described by the outer ed es of thesame. The side-walls of the socl et are in the same lane as the sides ofthe .mold, and strike into the slopin surface of the raised centralportion of p ate B and greatly contribute to making a socket thatproduces a leasing termination for the end of the Inol' inginsert'ed'therein.

In order to provide means for securing these wall-plates to the 'walL-Ihave provided one or more lugs e, eywhich project towards the axis ofopening 0, from the inner surface of the slo ing portion. thereof, andwhich are provide with screw-holes through which the screws ar insertedthat are'driven into the wall. In o der to secure the'fixture to theWalllate'I have provided the same with a suita 1e transaxial cross-barE, which brid es the space between the sloping sides of the wall-plateback of opening a and slightly in advance of lugs e, e. The fixtures aregenerally secured 1n place by screws tapped through their screwsiare notemployed for this purpose the said bar furnishes a means for securingother 80 gs I show "a modi 1 fastening devices to said wall-pl ate.

' InFig. 6 of he drawin fied construction of my invention which "shows awall-plate G having two openings 'g,'g for switches (not shown) in itsflat raised surface and a vertical socket h for each open-- 'ingintowhich the adjacent end of the wire molding is inserted. Thismodificationmay "be provided with lugs f, f, and cross-bars F back of each opening,but either the lu s of the cross-banger both, may be omitted.

' n Fi 5 I show another modificationinwhich t e walI-plate is made roundandth'e socket for thernoldin" is omitted, and also the cross bar backof t e o ening, WhIClFaP;

pears in theothe'r designs s own.

In Figs. 7 and 8 another design is shown,

which corresponds in construction to that orcelain bases andv thesescrews are tappe into bar E, but-if shown in the first four figures ofthe draw ings with the exception that the plate H has p a a k s 1', 1' eb I of being rectangular cross-section, have, theirouter surface k Irounded, and are each only large enough to permit the passage of thetubular insulation is of one wire K. The modification just referred toalso dispenses with lugs e.

In Figs. 9.and I show yet another modification which is similar to thewall-plateshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, excepting that in addition tothe socket there shownitis provided with a similar socket I extendmg inalinement therewith diametricallyfopposite.

/ use principally on te ceiling whhere the moldf mg leads to and fromthe wall-plate.

This

modification is provided with lugs J, J ,which are similar to lugs e, e,but dispenses with the cross-bar. L

What I claim as new is:

1. A wall-plate for electric fixtures con-- sisting of a plate ofsuitable material the central portion of which is raised and has anopening therein, lugs projecting inwards back of the plane of'saidopening that have sisting of a plate of suitable material the centralportion of which is raised and-has an opening therein, and is providedwith screw-holes therein and a cross-bar located between said lugs andopening and bridging the space back of the plane or said-opening.

2. A wall-plate for electric fixtures consisting of a plate of suitablematerial the central portion of Whichis entirely cut away and has araised portion surrounding said cut away portion, and is provided withan integral covered socket which extends from its outer edge into thespace back of the plane of said opening and the'up er portion of saidsocket being in the same p ane as the top of said central raisedportion.

13. A wall-plate for electric fixtures con-v integral embossed meansthat extend "from the edge of said plate into the space backof saidopening whereby access is had to the raised portion from the edge ofsaid plate, said means being covered and the top-thereof being inthe-same plane as {the 'top of said central raised ortion.

4. A Wall-p ate for electric fixtures consisting of a plate of suitablematerial the central portion of whichis entirely cut away and has araised portion surrounding said i cut "'awayportion, floating lugsprojecting inwards back of the plane of the inwards back ofthe plane ofthe outer edge of said raised portion-that have screw-holes therein, andsaid Wall-plate having an inte- This modification is designed f ore'plane of said the .to'p bf said .central raised, lportion,

. plate.

outer edge of said raised portion/that have screw holes plate, saidmeans being covered and the top,

thereof'being the same plane as the top of said raised portion.

6. A wall-plate for electric fixtures con sisting of a plate of suitablematerial the central portion of which is entirely cut away, and has araised portion surrounding said cut away portion, a cross bar extendingentirely across the space back of the plane of the outer edge of saidraised portion, and said Wall-plate having an integral covered socketextending from the outer edge of the plate into the space back of theplane of said opening and the upper portion or said socket being thesame plane as the top of said central raised portion.

7. A wall-plate for electric fixtures consisting of a plate of suitablematerial the central portion of which is raised and has an o enmgtherem, a crossbarextend1ng entirely across the space back of'the planeof I the outer edge of said raised portion, and said wall-plate being.provided with integral embossed means that extend from the edge oftheplate into the space back of said openmg whereby access is had to theraised porthe same laneas the top of said central raised portion.

8. A wall plate for electric fixtures con- "sisting of a plateofsuitable material the central ortion of: which is raised andhas anopenin therein, lugs rojecting inwards back 0 the plane ofisai openin'thatwhave screw-holes therein, a cross-ba'r ocatedbetween said lugs andopening and bridging the space back of the latter, and said wallplatehaving a socket extending from the outer edge of the plate into thespace back of the plane of sald opening.

9. A, wall-plate for electric fixtures con sisting of a .plateofsuitable material the centralportion of which is raised and has an opetherein, .lugsu rojecting inwards back 0 the plane of sai openin thathave tion from the edge of said plate, saidv means being covered and thetop thereof being in" screw-holes therein, and a cross ar locatedbetween said lugs and opening and bridging the space back of the latter,saidwalllate "being provided with means that extend rom the outer edgeof the plate into the space back of said opening w ereby access is hadto said raised portion from t 10. Awall-plate foi' electric fixturesconsisting of a plate of suitable material the central portion of whichis raised and has an opening therein, diametrically opposite lugs 1 eedge of said projectin inwards back of the lane of said In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set opening t at have screw-holes t erein and an y hand and seal this 6th day of March,-

transaxial cross-bar located between said A. D.,1908.

- lugs and'opening and bridging the space IGNATIUS BOND. [L. s.] 5 backof the latter, said lugs and said cross Witnesses: 1

balil' extending in planes at an angle to each (FRANK D. THOMASON, 0ter.

' \E. K. LUNDY.

